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Boeing 787 Dreamliner

This week on Key.Aero we present a range of articles on the groundbreaking Boeing 787 Dreamliner. A range of innovations has helped the Dreamliner secure a huge number of orders and the aircraft has been an undoubted success for Boeing.

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Historic

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Mustang A68-110: Fancy a snifter?

Ever since his first inspirational flight in an Australian Mustang,...

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The RAF in Asia: To war with a vengeance

Former air gunner Bob Harvey spent much of the war in the back seat of a Vultee Vengeance...

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Glory Days: Winged Springboks

Andrew Thomas presents fascinating images of South African Air Force aircraft...

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Korean War: Dual Identity

A reconnaissance version of Northrop’s mighty P-61 Black Widow played a vital role...

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Gatwick Nightshoot: Growling in the Night

Gatwick Aviation Museum, in partnership with Threshold.aero, held its second photography nightshoot...

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Military

Israel moves forward with CH-53K acquisition

Israel’s quest for the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion has moved forward after the Israeli Air Force signed a Letter of Acceptance agreement with the US government on December 30 to purchase the heavy-lift transport helicopter

New UK military ATM system operational

A new Air Traffic Management (ATM) system is up and running at RAF Shawbury, with variants of the system intended to be rolled out across more than 60 UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites

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China to enhance aerial refuelling capabilities with new Y-20U tanker

We examine China's new Xi'an Y-20U tanker aircraft, which stretched its legs for the first time during a probe of Taiwan's ADIZ in late 2021, and details how the new platform will boost the PLAAF's air-to-air refueling capabilities

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Commercial

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Dade County Delights

Snapshot Earlier this year regular contributor Tom Singfield...

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UK Visitors

We present a selection of images of visiting aircraft from airports...

Investment Firm In Liverpool Stake

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT management company Ancala Partners...

Farnborough Airport Changes Hands

FARNBOROUGH, THE UK’s only dedicated business aviation airport,...

Home Wins for Menzies

EDINBURGH-BASED Menzies Aviation has scooped a host of new or...

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Flight Simulation

PC Pilot Issue 119 Downloads

Specially selected freeware and videos of flight sims reviewed in the January-February 2019 issue.

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Drzewiecki Design’s Seattle Airports Airports X

A round-robin trip visiting Seattle’s...

Spitfire A Flight Simmer’s Guide - Part 1

In the first instalment of this two-part guide to Spitfire simulations, we examined the essential features of each of the products under discussion, namely: Aeroplane Heaven’s Mk I, A2A Simulations’ MK I and II, DCS’ Spitfire LF Mk IX, Cliffs of Dover’s Mk I and II and RealAir Sim’s Mk IX and XIV.

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